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> The illusion that a government mandated backdoor will remain accessible just to the government is not going to last much longer than the first experiment in this direction. We've already seen plenty of examples of that irl.

Unfortunately, our beloved decisionmakers are gerontocratic, completely incompetent and bought out by corporate interests that also don't want encryption (e.g. copyright industry).



Copyright industry totally does want encryption, it’s kinda foundational for any DRM stronger than a pinky swear.


The ones who really want strong encryption: the lawmakers themselves, because their communications are of course exempt.




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